Posts tagged project-spark

If PlayStation 4-exclusive horror game teaser P.T. was missing any one element, it was certainly actor Nicolas Cage – a problem rectified by R.T., an homage crafted in Microsoft's Project Spark.
R.T., like P.T., is less a game and more a frightening experience. Both are a series' of eerie ...

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Project Spark, Microsoft's ... hold on, we've got that around here somewhere. Microsoft's content creation platform is officially available now on Xbox One for free. The platform's payment system went through some changes several months back into a more subscription-based service.
The game creat...

Microsoft's robust game creation tool Project Spark is slated to launch in October, the publisher announced today. The final version of the game maker will arrive on October 7 in the Americas, October 9 in Asia-Pacific countries and October 10 in Europe. The developer, Team Dakota, opened Project S...

Had you been on the floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center this year, you would have heard one question, echoing from journalist to journalist: "This year feels a little ... weird, don't you think?" It's hard to put a finger on exactly why E3 2014 gave off a strange vibe, but darn it all, we're...

Furry hero Conker made a surprising cameo in Microsoft's Project Spark trailer at today's E3 conference. After slicing up the Project Spark logo, the Rare squirrel of yore told viewers to make their own game starring him in the content creation title. So apparently he'll be available in Project Sp...

Musical group Linkin Park is now one step closer to the world of video games thanks to Project Spark developer Team Dakota. The developer created a "remixable" music video for Linkin Park's "Guilty All The Same" in Project Spark, which includes an audio remix station so players can build anything...

In previous versions of Project Spark, players were allotted 40 minutes of free Spark Time every day. Spark Time, despite its perky name, was limiting: you could only play user-made levels built with paid content you hadn't purchased or features unlocked above your current level for 40 minutes ea...

All Xbox One owners can try out the game-crafting playground of Project Spark, after Team Dakota opened up the platform's beta this week. A closed beta began earlier in the month, but now players won't need a beta key to jump into the sandbox.
One of the biggest strengths of Project Spark look...

Microsoft is inviting Xbox One players to give Project Spark and its game-crafting tools a test run in a new beta that launches today. The beta is global, and requires players to sign up to receive an invite - those who've been on the Windows 8.1 closed beta automatically get access to the Xbox One...

The Project Spark Xbox One beta starts in February, meaning system owners have to wait a bit longer than expected to check out the game-making game for themselves. The beta was due this month, but Microsoft Game Studios confirmed the new ETA via Facebook today.
The news comes after Microsoft sen...

Game-crafter Project Spark's closed beta on Windows 8.1 starts today, with Microsoft announcing this morning it has begun inviting those who've previously registered on the game's site. The company claims to have had "hundreds of thousands" of sign-ups since the program's announcement at E3.
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Project Spark, Microsoft's game-creation app for Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC will not require a Gold-level Xbox Live subscription to play. The news comes from community manager Mike Lescault, who said in a Reddit thread that players "will not need a gold subscription to play Project Spark for free on...

At Gamescom, Team Dakota gave me a quick demonstration of how to animate characters using Kinect motion capture in the Xbox One game-maker Project Spark. I've got to say, there are few things that have given me more pleasure in Cologne than watching a game designer pretend to be a troll, stomping h...

The game creation sandbox Project Spark will launch its Xbox One beta in January 2014. A Windows 8 version of the beta is due to arrive in late October 2013.
According to Digital Spy, Microsoft Game Studios general manager Dave McCarthy claims everything will be fully playable during the next-ge...

Up next from the "could be cool but will inevitably get real creepy, real fast" research team at Microsoft comes the news that Project Spark will be able to use Kinect to bring your likeness and even your voice into the game.
Speaking at Gamescom, Team Dakota demonstrated how Kinect can accomp...

Microsoft Studios streamed 40 minutes of its E3 Windows 8 build of game-crafter Project Spark last night, and the video is now up to watch. Spark, described in the stream as an "open-world digital canvas that allows you to create your own games, stories, worlds, and share them with everyone," was...

Microsoft has initiated beta registration for Project Spark, its world builder game for Windows 8 and Xbox One. Those who wish to be among the first wave of players can sign up now, while a Facebook page also promises to keep us informed.
Project Spark, the next iteration of Microsoft's Kodu pro...

Microsoft Studios manager Michael Saxs Persson tells Joystiq that Project Spark is a natural evolution of the programming language found in Kodu Game Lab, the game building software released on Xbox 360 and PC in 2009. "The project architect from Kodu is working on the language for this game," Pers...

Microsoft announced the multi-genre, user content-driven game Project Spark at its E3 conference today.
Project Spark features SmartGlass and Kinect support, allowing players to define in-game features and items during gameplay. User-generated content can also be shared with the community, and...